NAME
     units - convert among units

SYNOPSIS
     units

DESCRIPTION
     The units program prints conversion factors between two sets of units.
     It reads two input lines and then prints the result:
           you have: yard
           you want: meter
                   * 9.144000e-01
                   / 1.093613e+00
     The first output line displays the constant to multiply the `have' quan-
     tity by to obtain the `want quantity; the second shows the constant by
     which to divide.

     The units program knows about a number of units, including compound
     units:
           you have: 3600 rpm
           you want: radian/sec
                   * 3.769911e+02
                   / 2.652582e-03
           you have: 65 mph
           you want: furlongs/fortnight
                   * 1.747200e+05
                   / 5.723443e-06
     It also understands currency conversions, though they are only updated
     occasionally.  Currencies are specified by the name of the country fol-
     lowed by an underscore followed by the name of the currency:
           you have: 100 dollars
           you want: zaire_zaire
                   * 2.652000e+08
                   / 3.770739e-09

     See a complete list of all units and conversions by reading the program
     itself, which is a perl script.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (c) 1993,1995 BSDI
     All rights reserved.

BUGS
     The program's conversion data has not been thoroughly tested.

     While some conversion factors are relatively constant (e.g., the speed of
     light), the currency conversion factors change on a daily basis.